WE have taken interest in the Judges (conditions of service) Amendment bill, 2022, that has been circulated. Without going into the details of what the bill seeks to delete and replace, the objective of this Bill is to amend the Judges (Conditions of Service) Act so as to provide for the determination of emoluments of judges by the Emoluments commission. It states: “The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section 3 and the substitution therefore of the following: ‘There is paid to a Judge emoluments that the Emoluments Commission shall, on the recommendation of the President, determine’.” First of all, we would like to find out if this Emoluments Commission has been created and if it has, who...

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